PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: March 14

Auburn Hills-based VioPoint, a strategic solution provider of IT security and compliance solutions, added Josh Little as the company's newest senior security consultant. Little will be responsible for supporting a variety of clients at the project and program level.

Little joins VioPoint with more than 14 years of professional experience in the information security field.

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Philip Rettig

Dickinson Wright announces that Attorney Philip E. Rettig has joined the firm as a member in the firm's Troy office. Rettig is an intellectual property attorney focusing his practice on obtaining and enforcing patents, trademarks and copyrights for clients in various fields, with a particular emphasis in the automotive industry. He also counsels clients in strategic portfolio management of their intellectual property. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, Rettig practiced law at Harness Dickey. He also previously served as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for a Tier I automotive supplier.

Barry Goodman and Gerald Acker

Barry Goodman and Gerald Acker, founders and senior partners of the Southfield-based personal injury firm, Goodman Acker PC, have both once again been named Michigan Super Lawyers in the 2013 ranking by the publication of the same name.

Goodman, of Farmington Hills, was also recently elected to the Democratic National Committee.

Acker, of Huntington Woods, is a long-standing member of the Michigan Association of Justice, serving on its executive board since 1985, and is currently serving as the organization's president-elect.

Clifford W. Taylor

The Mackinac Center Board of Directors has chosen former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor as its new chairman, according to Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman. Taylor replaces D. Joseph Olson, a founding member of the center who has served as chairman for most of the center's history and will remain on the board.

Taylor, a former Navy officer, joined the board in May 2012. He served on the state Supreme Court from 1997 to 2008 and the Michigan Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1997.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland.

Lavinia S. Biasell and Mark E. Plaza

Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller PC, a Southfield-based law firm, has named two attorneys, Lavinia S. Biasell of Rochester Hills and Mark E. Plaza of Canton, as shareholders.

Biasell received her bachelor's degree, with high honors, from Michigan State University's James Madison College, and her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the university's Detroit College of Law. Admitted to the Federal District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, she concentrates her practice in the areas of title insurance coverage and commercial and real estate litigation.

Biasell is the co-chair of the annual Culinary Challenge, a charity event where attorneys and judges compete in various culinary categories for the title of Best Chef.

Plaza focuses his practice on real estate, appellate, construction and financial services litigation representing financial institutions and insurance carriers. He is admitted to the Federal District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and the United State Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Paul S. Magy

Clark Hill Attorney Paul S. Magy has been elected president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Metro Detroit, (BOMA). Magy is resident in the firm's Birmingham office and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. BOMA is a professional trade association whose members either own or manage commercial real estate, or provide goods and services to the industry. In Michigan, its members own or manage more than 250 million square feet of office and industrial space, with employees and tenants totaling more than 1.25 million people. BOMA Michigan Members' annual expenditures contribute $3.2 billion to the state's economy. Magy has more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate law. Magy is actively involved in a number of real estate trade associations.